Harry, Meghan and Netflix too

[CathyorClaire]

Last thread has filled up so I thought I'd create another to chat trailers and teasers while we hang about waiting for better more truth bombs to drop in the main event.

The odd aspect of H&M's wedding is that the spaces for people with the personal relationship were filled, in many cases, by people who did not have a personal relationship. Nor an official position. But yes, added to the glamour! Which is presumably why they were invited, glamour over substance.

The other thing that was noteworthy was that less starry celebrities, but who so* *far as we know did fulfill the category of having personal relationships with one of the couple, were relegated to the seats in the main area of the chapel, not in the quire. Elton John, David Beckham and James Blunt for example, all of whom have previously talked of their relationships with Harry.

I was thinking of Meghan’s handwriting, her handwriting contains extra flourishes added afterwards to enhance its appeal rather like the imaginary anecdotes to enhance her standing in the public eye.

She thinks they’re seamless, but we can see they’ve been added just for effect, they both look and seem unnatural to any of us with a good eye and an amount of sense.

But some people are desperate and don’t want to see that their princess like Anderson’s Emperor has no clothes on so are trying to drown out voices of dissent like those of the young child’s in the tale

I always see her as Princess Peg(Meg?) in The Princess And The Pea except the version in which a little bird told her in advance that there was a pea stuck under twenty mattresses so (despite feeling nothing) she did her best fabricated aching in the morning to hook the gullible Prince by proving that she was the only real princess and all the others were unworthy.

This whole thing has been an unmitigated disaster for them and a lucky escape for the UK. The UK nearly ended up with someone who aspired to be... an influencer (and to appear on 'Housewives'). She practically wet herself when she received the text from Beyonce - contrast that with the mock curtsy directed at QE. Speaking of Beyonce, she has been outed as a silly crank and Oprah has been burned again through her association with H & M by being outed as having no manners. Netflix are now associated with something that has a 14% audience score on a well-known viewer aggregator - the only thing lower is 'Kevin and Perry Go Large', which, inexplicably, gets a score of 0%. This really is one couple that would benefit from the 'keep shtum' mantra of the RF.

I quite liked 'Kevin And Perry Go Large'

I'll get me coat 😁

Me too! Can’t believe it scored 0, it’s at least twice as good as the H&M crap, so should score at least 28%!

Indeed. I haven't met anyone who doesn't like it - unlike the other bilge.

"Once upon a time, there was a commoner who became a princess (but only after she’d already become a different kind of royalty: a successful actress and lifestyle blogger recommending things like gluten-free bakeries and Kat Von D lipstick), and who then moved into a palace that turned out to be more of a prison, and who then assessed her new extended family, said never mind, and who then high-tailed it back to California with her prince — and that is where our story begins."

From Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/meghan-harry-netflix/

I found this quite concisely summarised what happened. M is who M is, and she genuinely believe what she felt (with some twists on facts to show to the public). H is who he is, even though I do think he'd rethink one day and might or might not regret what he has destroyed (family trust and bond).

@Ohnonevermind The handwriting is incredibly 'Florid', and the added flouncy extras, the flourishes and dashes are more worthy of a young teenager than a mature woman in her forties.
I love good handwriting, but this is way too over the top and ''Tryhard' .

(I just googled her handwriting; I really like it).

@Peasepuddingbloodycold

You just have to add the extra flourishes afterwards. I’m sure there’s a you tube video on how to do it.

I feel like I wouldn't have time for it mysen, but I like it to look at.

The odd aspect of H&M's wedding is that the spaces for people with the personal relationship were filled, in many cases, by people who did not have a personal relationship. Nor an official position. But yes, added to the glamour! Which is presumably why they were invited, glamour over substance.

I read that MM cultivated her friendship with Oprah entirely from scratch. During their engagement MM became aware that Oprah was visiting the UK and invited her round for tea (to Nottingham Cottage). After that one and only meeting she invited her to their wedding and then of course arranged the interview.

The load of empty seats on M's side were because of a huge number of unnamed celebrities who blew her out. She had her fantasy dinner party list invited and then some more! A few celebrities attended, obviously (with it being a major Royal wedding).

Didn't Oprah contact her for a wedding interview that Meghan wanted to give? But the palace shut it down. And yes they met once, Oprah commented negatively on their cottage, and they invited her to the wedding.
There is a tictok video of Oprah looking for ir her chair at the Chapel. She was shocked when she got shown to the Quire so clearly did not view herself as close family or friend.

Ah, the ill-mannered Oprah still got an invite to the wedding despite being rude to her hosts. Celebrity over standards.

The load of empty seats on M's side were because of a huge number of unnamed celebrities who blew her out.

In the quire? Or in the church body? In the quire she had a few more on her side than on Harry's. Although it does look like some of Harrys friends were sat on her side.

@Glindara

Re: and would add especially when they have repeatedly continued to criticise that institution on a global platform whilst under that institutions branding (titles).

I think that's a very good point and is just one of many of the inconsistent messages that forms part of the Sussex narrative.

They clearly feel very wounded by criticism levelled at themselves (the "service is universal" statement especially springs to mind here) yet they simultaneously fail to reflect on how much of that is fuelled by their own behaviours - and it's very different for me at least to feel sympathy for them in that context, rather it's like being asked to feel compassion for someone whose been stabbed whilst they are slashing out at anyone in arms reach with a machete.

The lack of any introspection or acknowledgement of the hurt they have caused in this documentary was very telling.

*difficult not different

The lack of any introspection or acknowledgement of the hurt they have caused in this documentary was very telling.

This tells me that Harry still isnt puruing therapy seriously. If he had, he'd be thinking how he contributed to the situation so he could change those patterns moving forward. Instead he's off-loading everything onto it being the institutions fault with no self-awareness.

The problem is that therapists vary. Some will challenge their client, others especially if paid $$ just take a "poor you let me support you and tell you how great you are" approach

Good point. My parents were - to some degree - emotionally abusive, and I've had therapy. It helped me unpick why I had such extreme emotional reactions. Then to decide whether that's the way I wanted to live going forward.

It also helped me to see that my parents got some things right as well, and that their failings were not deliberate. Over time we were able to make peace, and now I have a good and supportive relationship with my mother (my father died a while ago, we were on good terms and I could appreciate the good aspects of his parenting and forgive the failings).

H doesn't seem able to see shades of grey. It's the 'if you are not for us you are against us' mentality.

I’d like to see the version illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

Good grief. i think I have Royal peaked. Half the new threads springing up honestly read like they have been started by teenagers as do the other posts. Perhaps it is the Netflix effect but I cannot be arsed to comment much more, for now. 😃

My sentiments exactly, bakalava